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From the SHA: The Saskatchewan Health Authority's (SHA) Board of Directors today approved a $4.36 billion operating budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year, as well as a capital expenditure plan of more than $159 million for 2021-22.

BRUNO — After receiving $187,000 in government funding, Bruno will be adding approximately 150 metres of piping to its system of water mains, creating a full pipe loop on the south side of town.

One new death is being reported Wednesday in the provincial government’s COVID-19 report. The death was on a person in the 70-79 age group from the North West zone.

Vaccines Reported An additional 18,423 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,023,698.

RM OF WOLVERINE — A fuel tank was stolen right off an Edge Agro auger parked on a farm in the RM of Wolverine.

From the SHA: Effective, 8 a.m., June 24, 2021, residents are eligible for their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine a minimum of 28 days after they receive the first dose.

CLS key to new research

The Battlefords’ Camera Club held their spring competition on Thursday, June 10. The club typically holds two competitions per year, but this was the first one since the pandemic broke out, and the first time the competition was done virtually.

From the RCMP: On Saturday, June 19, 2021 around 3:00 a.m., Ahtahkakoop/Shellbrook RCMP received a complaint of a robbery with a firearm at a rural location in the RM of Shellbrook.

MELFORT — Melfort council has agreed to cover the funds for $10,000-a-piece portable ballistics shields for the city’s RCMP detachment.